2016年7月24日 星期日

Blender 3D Tutorial: Shape Keys Essential

In this article, I’ll be demonstrating how to deform a mesh to create a repeating motion using Shape Key sliders in blender 3D. The process can be difficult because it requires you to shape your mesh in the edit mode moving vertices and to arrange each motion in the animation mode moving keys. Once you master it, this can become a handy tool to make quick animation for any objects. Moreover, you can apply to a wide range of motions in photos or films like the professionals do. Hope you enjoy.

Creating Mesh Shape Keys

1.

Start Blender, select the cube and delete it (press X).

2.

Add a cylinder (press Shift + A and go to Mesh | Plane). In the Object mode, move it to 6.5 in z-axis (press G, Z, 6.5).

3.

Go to the Object Data window and locate the Shape keys panel.

4.

Press the “+” in the Shape Keys panel to start using shape keys for the cylinder.

5.

First appearance of “Basic” contains all the keys you now create under it.